Faculty Profiles

Hao seeks to understand the small-scale fluid motions at the atmosphere-ocean interface. He builds physics-based and data-driven models of air-sea processes, such as wind turbulence, surface gravity waves and sunlight propagation – and their interactions. Applications include weather forecasting, renewable energy harvesting and marine infrastructure protection.

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Before joining UC San Diego in 2022, Hao was a postdoctoral associate at the University of Minnesota. He also earned his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota.